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FLORA OF MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK. 



out until the stalk is nearly uniform with flowers on all sides. This, 

 like the twin-flower, is very fragrant. In places where the trees are 

 small this plant grows abundantly, generally in volcanic ash soil. 



With it may be found the pyrolas, pipsissewas, and mertens' 

 coral root, Corallorliiza mertensiana. The latter may be recognized 



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Fig. 13.— Common lousewort (Pcdicularis racemosa). 



Color of flower, pinkish white; height of plant, 5 to 8 inches; blooms July and August. 



Photograph by A. H. Barnes. 



by its leafless stalk, coral-like roots, and strange pink flowers in 

 racemes. This saprophyte grows in clusters like the other coral roots 

 and is a characteristic plant of this region. Several of the leafless 

 plants mentioned in the first zone extend well up through the second. 





